Fifth Annual 2008 Tournament

The 5th Annual Tori Carswell Memorial Golf Tournament was held on Saturday, August 9th, 2008 at the Canadian Golf and Country Club. The $ raised this year was $37,400, which was $2,400 more than last year! All proceeds from the tournament have been donated to Tori’s Helping Hand, which is a program within the Candlelighters’ Amenities Fund.

The day was a lot of fun, despite a little rain near the end. The highlight of the evening was the speech given by Kate DeGrace. Kate is a childhood cancer survivor, and is now off-treatment and doing well for many years. Kate is in a university nursing program and plans to work as a nurse on the Oncology Ward at CHEO. We all learned a lot from Kate's wonderful and powerful speech. Thank you Kate!

Many thanks to all the golfers and sponsors, who made the day such a success. All the sponsors are listed on the Sponsors link. A big thank-you as well to all the wonderful volunteers.

To see all the pictures from the day, go to the Pictures link.

The following are the winners at this year's tournament:

• 1st place Team - 15 under: Paul Carswell, Steve Carswell, Ian Riggs, Don Cumming
• 2nd Place Team - 14 under: Bryce Carswell, Jonny Parker, Brennan Smith, Jamie Milne
• Most Honest Golfers: Mike Rogers, Steve Rogers, Jennifer Lanthier, Nicky Lanthier-Rogers
• Men's Longest Drive: Ian Riggs
• Women's Longest Drive: Janet Creighton
• Men's Closest to the Pin: Justin Poirier
• Women's Closest to the Pin: Morag Ober
• Putting Contest: Michel Trahan
• Hit the Green Contest-Men: Jeff Rawson
• Hit the Green Contest-Women: Sarah Zgraggen
• Hit the Green Contest-Bet: Mike Sgabellone
• Air Canada draw: Marc Beaupre
• Early Bird Draw: Rick Harris

We look forward to next year's tournament which will be held, Saturday August 15, 2009 at The Canadian Golf & Country Club. Hope to see you all again!